LETTER: Nothing wrong with entitlements, stimulus

David LivengoodCottondale

Published: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 11:30 p.m.

Dear Editor: I felt that I needed to respond to Robert DeWitt’s column on Nov. 14. Mr. DeWitt obviously agrees with the statement that 47 percent of Americans live on entitlement. I guess I’m one of them. I receive Social Security disability. It doesn’t matter that I paid into Social Security since I was 14 years old and worked every day until I was 58.

I’m a white male, and I’m not irrelevant. I voted for President Barack Obama. I didn’t want my Medicare (entitlement) cut in order to finance tax breaks for millionaires.

Mr. DeWitt speaks about the Obama stimulus as a bad thing. On that plan, I got extended unemployment, a modified mortgage and even found health care after my provider canceled me after paying for 35 years. He failed to mention the same dollar amount of Bush stimulus that got put into banks that were failing.

Gays have fought and died for their country in the military. Don’t you think they ought to be able to live here, too? I served in the U.S. Army from 1972-75. There were gay soldiers in Vietnam, who were not allowed to be open about their orientation.

<p>Dear Editor: I felt that I needed to respond to Robert DeWitt's column on Nov. 14. Mr. DeWitt obviously agrees with the statement that 47 percent of Americans live on entitlement. I guess I'm one of them. I receive Social Security disability. It doesn't matter that I paid into Social Security since I was 14 years old and worked every day until I was 58. </p><p>I'm a white male, and I'm not irrelevant. I voted for President Barack Obama. I didn't want my Medicare (entitlement) cut in order to finance tax breaks for millionaires.</p><p>Mr. DeWitt speaks about the Obama stimulus as a bad thing. On that plan, I got extended unemployment, a modified mortgage and even found health care after my provider canceled me after paying for 35 years. He failed to mention the same dollar amount of Bush stimulus that got put into banks that were failing.</p><p>Gays have fought and died for their country in the military. Don't you think they ought to be able to live here, too? I served in the U.S. Army from 1972-75. There were gay soldiers in Vietnam, who were not allowed to be open about their orientation.</p><p>I agree with Robert DeWitt. You're part of the repulsive </p><p>48 percent black haters, gay bashers and women's rights adversaries.</p>